TOPICS DISCUSSED
Everyone can access the minutes via the Internet. Just go to the CWU home page; click on "Administration", then on "VP Business and Financial Affairs", then on "meeting minutes." From here you will see a list, click on "Employee Council." (Past and present minutes are listed by date.) www.cwu.edu/~hr/minutes
SPECIAL MEETING UPDATE FROM 5/2/00
Cheryl McKernan and Tamsin Swain
explained to the council what the Academic Skills area is responsible for
and also asked why their area was listed as a weakness in the CWU’s Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats lists that was discussed at the
5/2/00 Special Meeting of Employee Council. After discussion, it was determined
that there was some confusion as to the responsibilities of Academic Skills.
Further discussion regarding the areas of financial aid and academic advising
led to the consensus that it is the financial aid issues at the federal
level and lack of advising that full-time faculty give to general education
students that concerned Employee Council members. The Employee Council
believes that the advising coming from the Academic Skills area is excellent
and much needed. It was moved and seconded that the minutes of the 5/2/00
Special Meeting of Employee Council be changed by taking out Academic Skills
as the number one weakness at CWU. Motion carried.
EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION AWARDS
The employee appreciation awards
ceremony will be held Wednesday, 5/24/00.
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
This is the first month of the new
cycle for this year’s employee of the month awards. If you have a favorite
co-worker who deserves the extra recognition, now is the time to nominate
him/her. The sub-committee for the Employee of the Month selection was
not able to meet to look at the new candidates. We will select two candidates
next month.
The form for nominating a co-worker
as Employee of the Month is available at www.cwu.edu/~hr
Scroll down and click on Employee
of the Month Nomination Form.
EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR and HONOR
WALL
The Employee Council members reviewed
the ballots to chose among the last twelve Employee of the Month winners.
The ballots will be distributed May 31, 2000 with a return date of June
8, 2000. The employee of the month winners from last year are: Bonnie Petersen
(Athletics); Margaret Taylor (Facilities Management); Kathleen McDaniel
(SeaTac Center); Teri Bangs (Human Resources); Bob Guptill (Athletics);
Kari Taylor (Foreign Language); Joanne Stevenson (Academic Services); Shawn
Fagalde (Conference Program); Charlene Kauzlarich (College of Education
and Professional Studies); Judy Paul (Student Financial Services); Barbara
Hinchliff (Central Services) and Ioana Dinu (Library).
The award, including a check for $1500 from the President’s Discretionary Fund, will be given during the Honors Convocation when faculty awards are presented. The Employee of the Year recipients have their portrait on the "Honor Wall" on the third floor of Barge Hall. Past winners are Becky Baker (Human Resources) and Keith Jones (Electronic Maintenance Services). New this year for the classified Employee of the Year is a year’s parking permit.
MEETING WITH DR. MCINTYRE and ALL
EMPLOYEE FORUM IN THE FALL
Kari Taylor met with Dr. McIntyre.
Their conversation focused on the recognition and acknowledgement of all
members of the campus (civil service, administrative exempt staff, students,
faculty, and administration). Dr. McIntyre indicated that she supported
programs that helped to recognize and acknowledge all members of our CWU
community. Also, she is open and receptive to new ideas. Dr. McIntyre would
like to address all classified staff prior to fall, 2000. This address
would focus on CWU's vision, mission, and goals. Finally, Dr. McIntyre
is considering the possibility of appointing a civil service staff member
to the President's Cabinet. This is just a preliminary consideration at
this point.
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
The first meeting of the Presidential
Inauguration Committee is scheduled for Friday, 5/26. Kari will be out
of town, but Becky Baker will attend in her place. She will update at the
June meeting.
DELEGATE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT:
UNIT B
Karen Simmons e-mailed Kari and indicated
that she should be replaced by her alternate, Debbie Nethery, because Karen's
schedule normally does not allow her to attend the Employee Council meetings.
Debbie Nethery agreed to attend as the delegate.
HUMAN RESOURCES ANNOUCEMENTS:
The following individual is in need of shared leave: Robert (Randy) Carbary of Facilities Management.
Individuals interested in donating leave to Randy should request a Shared
Leave donation form from Human Resources. Requests must be approved by
your supervisor before forwarding the form to Human Resources. Donated
leave is also subject to approval by your department head, and Human Resources.
Annual leave may be donated in eight-hour blocks. Employees who wish to
donate annual leave must retain at least ten days (80 hours) of vacation
leave and cannot donate excess leave (that over 30 days or 240 hours) that
he/she would otherwise lose at the beginning of the leave anniversary month.
Sick leave may also be donated in eight-hour blocks. The donating employee
must retain a minimum of 480 hours sick leave balance after the transfer.
No more than six days of sick leave may be transferred during any twelve-month
period. An employee’s personal holiday may also be donated. Forms for leave
donation are available from Human Resources, 963-1202, and on the Human
Resources web page at: www.cwu.edu/~hr/hrforms.htm
Space is still available for two upcoming hands-on "Microsoft Access" workshops, titled Access Relationships, Queries, and Forms, and" Access Forms and Reports". Presented by Nancy Aft, there is a $30 fee to help cover expenses.
" Access Relationships, Queries, and Forms" will be held on June 13, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. This course will include importing tables into a database, using a Lookup field, creating relationships between tables, and working with queries. Pre-requisites: Understand the basics of Access and Windows. If you have previously taken "What is Access Anyway?" then you are ready for this next step.
" Access Forms and Reports" will be held on June 15, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and is a logical follow-up to the previous course mentioned.
In addition, consider attending one of the FREE one-hour "Byte Breaks", titled "Microsoft Word Styles". You have a choice of attending either at 10:30 a.m., or 3:00 p.m. on Monday, June 12. Word has built in styles such as "Normal" and "Headings" to format both characters and paragraphs. You can create your own styles, add them to templates, and even use them to create a table of contents. Nancy Taft will show you how!
For additional information, or to register, please contact the Training Office at 963-2288, or send e-mail to Lynn Hutchins at: hutchinl@cwu.edu
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m.
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting is scheduled for
2:00 p.m., June 15, 2000, in SUB 209. All representatives need to attend.
Alternates are always welcome. If you are a representative and cannot make
the meeting, be sure to let your alternate know so that he/she will attend.
Present:
Ann Arango, Library Services
Karol Barker, Dining Services
Marilyn Thompson, Housing & Residential
Services
Kariann Taylor, Instructional Support:
Unit A; Chair
Gene Wilson, Instructional Support:
Unit A
Debbie Nethery, Instructional Support:
Unit B
Elaine Long, Business & Admin
Support: Unit A
Dorothy Tenney, Plant & Facilities
Absent:
Carola Alden, Student Services &
SUB
Paula Moffatt, Business & Admin
Support: Unit B
Mike Posada, Business & Admin
Support: Unit B
Kevin Gentner, Dining Services
Leona Johnson, Library Services;
Secretary
Kim Thomas, Business & Admin
Support: Unit A
Ginger Linnell, Enrollment Management
& Marketing
Karen Simmons, Instructional Support:
Unit B
Jeri Francisco-Porter, Plant &
Facilities
Pat Devlin, Plant & Facilities
Also Present:
Ona Youmans, Human Resources
Tamsin Swain, Academic Skills Program
Cheryl McKernan, Academic Skills
Program